I think I recall there being a post on ywbb about the existence of professional cuddlers. You call the company, order up a cuddler for an a prearranged amount of time, and the company would dispatch the cuddler to your home, I think is how it went.

Touch is one of our core needs, one of our most healing needs, as human beings and is often not nurtured as we navigate our new widowed lives. It is one of the things we miss/we crave that others, even with the best intentions, don't "get." Getting a massage, a manicure/pedicure, trading with a friend, etc. are also ways we can care for ourselves with human touch from another.

Feel free to share your experience and other ways you have discovered that have been healing and helpful for you. If someone reading this has thought/felt this themselves and now feels less alone, then I hope bumping this thread up was helpful.

This is a safe place and anonymous enough. I have connected with a widower (his loss was several years ago) by accident, we did not mean to 'connect'. He reached out immediately after the loss and we havent stopped talking.

It is difficult to think about becuase a part of me feels I am moving too fast, but emotionally I am not vested in anything. We have hung out and the companionship is nice. Its nice having company and having someone to talk to.